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be treated with great gentleness. None but those she is 

 familiar with should be allowed near her during the first 

 week or so after whelping. When the puppies are about 

 two days old, she may be transferred to her permanent 

 kennels, after she has been cleaned and groomed. She 

 will probably not take exercise enough for her health, 



ENGLISH BLOODHOUND CHAMPION BARNABV. 

 Owned by Edwin Brough. 



unless taken out for a walk two or three times a day. 

 Keep her warm; do not let her become chilled. Feed her 

 often, anything she craves boiled mutton, beef broth, 

 with bread and rice, buttermilk, etc. Keep fresh water 

 always by her. Remove any remnant of her food when 

 she is through eating. I have raised eleven and twelve 

 puppies, respectively, in two different litters, from Rose- 

 mary by this method of treatment. At five weeks old, so 



